Issue 1/2017
Content (251 Articles)
Impact of smoking on health-related quality of Life after percutaneous coronary intervention treated with drug-eluting stents: a longitudinal observational study
Chao Xue, Lin Bian, Yu Shui Xie, Zhao Fang Yin, Zuo Jun Xu, Qi Zhi Chen, Hui Li Zhang, Chang Qian Wang
The chinese version of achilles tendon total rupture score: cross-cultural adaptation, reliability and validity
Jin Cui, Zhenyu Jia, Xin Zhi, Xiaoqun Li, Xiao Zhai, Liehu Cao, Weizong Weng, Jun Zhang, Lin Wang, Xiao Chen, Jiacan Su
Quality of life in community-dwelling Dutch elderly measured by EQ-5D-3L
Marie-Josée J. Mangen, Marieke Bolkenbaas, Susanne M. Huijts, Cornelis H. van Werkhoven, Marc J. M. Bonten, G. Ardine de Wit
Reliability of health-related quality-of-life assessments made by older adults and significant others for health states of increasing cognitive impairment
Gina Bravo, Modou Sene, Marcel Arcand
Decreased physical activity is a predictor for a complicated recovery post cardiac surgery
Charlotte van Laar, Simone T. TImman, Luc Noyez
Health-related quality of life and unmet healthcare needs in Huntington’s disease
Marleen R. van Walsem, Emilie I. Howe, Gunvor A. Ruud, Jan C. Frich, Nada Andelic
Multimorbidity and health-related quality of life (HRQoL) in a nationally representative population sample: implications of count versus cluster method for defining multimorbidity on HRQoL
Lili Wang, Andrew J Palmer, Fiona Cocker, Kristy Sanderson
Assessment of coping: a new french four-factor structure of the brief COPE inventory
Karine Baumstarck, Marine Alessandrini, Zeinab Hamidou, Pascal Auquier, Tanguy Leroy, Laurent Boyer
Incremental decreases in quality-adjusted life years (QALY) associated with higher levels of depressive symptoms for U.S. Adults aged 65 years and older
Haomiao Jia, Erica I. Lubetkin
Health related quality of life assessment in acute coronary syndrome patients: the effectiveness of early phase I cardiac rehabilitation
Lawrence Anchah, Mohamed Azmi Hassali, Melissa Siaw Han Lim, Mohamed Izham Mohamed Ibrahim, Kui Hian Sim, Tiong Kiam Ong
Association between work time loss and quality of life in patients with Herpes Zoster: a pooled analysis of the MASTER studies
Emmanouil Rampakakis, Melissa Stutz, Kosuke Kawai, Tsen-Fang Tsai, Hee Jin Cheong, Jittima Dhitavat, Alejandro Ortiz-Covarrubias, Miguel Cashat-Cruz, Homero Monsanto, Kelly D. Johnson, John S. Sampalis, Camilo J. Acosta
The use of the EQ-5D-Y health related quality of life outcome measure in children in the Western Cape, South Africa: psychometric properties, feasibility and usefulness - a longitudinal, analytical study
Des Scott, Gillian D. Ferguson, Jennifer Jelsma
Influence of social support and rearing behavior on psychosocial health in left-behind children
Haiyan Xing, Wei Yu, Fengjiao Xu, Sanmei Chen
The Norwegian version of the QOLIBRI – a study of metric properties based on a 12 month follow-up of persons with traumatic brain injury
Helene Lundgaard Soberg, Cecilie Roe, Cathrine Brunborg, Nicole von Steinbüchel, Nada Andelic
Health related quality of life in patients with diabetic foot ulceration — translation and Polish adaptation of Diabetic Foot Ulcer Scale short form
Tomasz Macioch, Elżbieta Sobol, Arkadiusz Krakowiecki, Beata Mrozikiewicz-Rakowska, Monika Kasprowicz, Tomasz Hermanowski
How useful is the EQ-5D in assessing the impact of caring for people with Alzheimer’s disease?
Catherine Reed, Annabel Barrett, Jeremie Lebrec, Richard Dodel, Roy W. Jones, Bruno Vellas, Anders Wimo, Josep Maria Argimon, Giuseppe Bruno, Josep Maria Haro
Evaluation of a brief pilot psychoeducational support group intervention for family caregivers of cancer patients: a quasi-experimental mixed-methods study
Rathi Mahendran, Haikel A. Lim, Joyce Y. S. Tan, Hui Ying Ng, Joanne Chua, Siew Eng Lim, Ee Heok Kua, Konstadina Griva
An equivalence study: Are patient-completed and telephone interview equivalent modes of administration for the EuroQol survey?
R. Chatterji, J. M. Naylor, I. A. Harris, E. Armstrong, E. Davidson, R. Ekmejian, J. Descallar
Quality of life in patients with hereditary haemorrhagic telangiectasia (HHT)
Roberto Zarrabeitia, Concepción Fariñas-Álvarez, Miguel Santibáñez, Blanca Señaris, Ana Fontalba, Luisa María Botella, José Antonio Parra
An empirical evaluation of the SF-12, SF-6D, EQ-5D and Michigan Hand Outcome Questionnaire in patients with rheumatoid arthritis of the hand
Melina Dritsaki, Stavros Petrou, Mark Williams, Sarah E. Lamb
Developing a dementia-specific health state classification system for a new preference-based instrument AD-5D
Kim-Huong Nguyen, Brendan Mulhern, Sanjeewa Kularatna, Joshua Byrnes, Wendy Moyle, Tracy Comans
How does playing adapted sports affect quality of life of people with mobility limitations? Results from a mixed-method sequential explanatory study
Félix Côté-Leclerc, Gabrielle Boileau Duchesne, Patrick Bolduc, Amélie Gélinas-Lafrenière, Corinne Santerre, Johanne Desrosiers, Mélanie Levasseur
Validation and reliability of the translated Malay version of the psychosocial impact of dental aesthetics questionnaire for adolescents
Wan Nurazreena Wan Hassan, Zamros Yuzadi Mohd Yusof, Siti Safuraa Zahirah Shahidan, Siti Farhana Mohd Ali, Mohd Zambri Mohamed Makhbul
Validation of the French versions of the Hirschsprung’s disease and Anorectal malformations Quality of Life (HAQL) questionnaires for adolescents and adults
Corine Baayen, Fanny Feuillet, Pauline Clermidi, Célia Crétolle, Sabine Sarnacki, Guillaume Podevin, Jean-Benoit Hardouin
Health utilities using SF-6D scores in Japanese patients with chronic hepatitis C treated with sofosbuvir-based regimens in clinical trials
Zobair Younossi, Maria Stepanova, Masao Omata, Masashi Mizokami, Mercedes Walters, Sharon Hunt
The impact of resilience on psychological outcomes in women with threatened premature labor and spouses: a cross-sectional study in Southwest China
Chunhua Nie, Qin Dai, Ren Zhao, Yushu Dong, Yushan Chen, Hui Ren
The LMC Skills, Confidence & Preparedness Index (SCPI): development and evaluation of a novel tool for assessing self-management in patients with diabetes
Lawrence Mbuagbaw, Ronnie Aronson, Ashleigh Walker, Ruth E. Brown, Naomi Orzech
Validation of the dutch version of the health education impact questionnaire (HEIQ) and comparison of the Dutch translation with the English, German and French HEIQ
Judy W. Ammerlaan, Harmieke van Os-Medendorp, Jacob K. Sont, Gerald R. Elsworth, Richard H. Osborne
Patient-defined desired outcome, success criteria, and expectation in outpatient physical therapy: a longitudinal assessment
Giorgio Zeppieri Jr., Steven Z. George
Transcultural adaptation and psychometric validation of a Spanish-language version of the “Pelvic Girdle Questionnaire”
Montserrat Rejano-Campo, Raúl Ferrer-Peña, M. Alicia Urraca-Gesto, Tomás Gallego-Izquierdo, Daniel Pecos-Martín, Britt Stuge, Gustavo Plaza-Manzano
Reliability and validity of the Chinese version of the autoimmune bullous disease quality of life (ABQOL) questionnaire
Baoqi Yang, Guo Chen, Qing Yang, Xiaoxiao Yan, Zhaoxia Zhang, Dédée F. Murrell, Furen Zhang
Psychometric properties of the Press Ganey® Outpatient Medical Practice Survey
Angela P. Presson, Chong Zhang, Amir M. Abtahi, Jacob Kean, Man Hung, Andrew R. Tyser
Perceived quality of life among caregivers of children with a childhood-onset dystrophinopathy: a double ABCX model of caregiver stressors and perceived resources
Natalia Frishman, Kristin Caspers Conway, Jennifer Andrews, Jacob Oleson, Katherine Mathews, Emma Ciafaloni, Joyce Oleszek, Molly Lamb, Dennis Matthews, Pangaja Paramsothy, Lowell McKirgan, Paul Romitti
Evaluation of quality of life in adults with neurofibromatosis 1 (NF1) using the Impact of NF1 on Quality Of Life (INF1-QOL) questionnaire
Rosalie E Ferner, Mary Thomas, Gemma Mercer, Victoria Williams, Guy D Leschziner, Shazia K Afridi, John F Golding
Health-related quality of life, work productivity, and indirect costs among patients with irritable bowel syndrome with diarrhea
Jessica L. Buono, Robyn T. Carson, Natalia M. Flores
Validation of the generic medical interview satisfaction scale: the G-MISS questionnaire
Axel Maurice-Szamburski, Pierre Michel, Anderson Loundou, Pascal Auquier
Reliability and validity of the Korean version of the coronary revascularization outcome questionnaire
Minju Kim, JiYeong Seo, Jin-Yong Hwang, Ki Soo Park
The impact of preterm birth <37 weeks on parents and families: a cross-sectional study in the 2 years after discharge from the neonatal intensive care unit
Ashwini Lakshmanan, Meghana Agni, Tracy Lieu, Eric Fleegler, Michele Kipke, Philippe S. Friedlich, Marie C. McCormick, Mandy B. Belfort
Valuation of the EQ-5D-5L with composite time trade-off for the German population – an exploratory study
Kristina Ludwig, J.-Matthias Graf von der Schulenburg, Wolfgang Greiner
The impact of psychological factors on condition-specific, generic and individualized patient reported outcomes in low back pain
Ida Løchting, Andrew M. Garratt, Kjersti Storheim, Erik L. Werner, Margreth Grotle
The complex interplay between clinical and person-centered diabetes outcomes in the two genders
Maria Chiara Rossi, Giuseppe Lucisano, Basilio Pintaudi, Angela Bulotta, Sandro Gentile, Marco Scardapane, Soren Eik Skovlund, Giacomo Vespasiani, Antonio Nicolucci, A. Nicolucci, G. Vespasiani, M. C. Rossi, S. Gentile, A. Bulotta, S. E. Skovlund, E. Forte, F. Tuccinardi, A. Griffo, S. Leotta, L. Fontana, M. Altomare, L. Pellegrini, F. Malci, C. Moscatelli, P. Tatti, M. Neri, G. Santantonio, F. Chiaramonte, R. A. Rabini, S. Rosati, F. D’Angelo, G. Maolo, B. Polenta, S. Lardelli, A. M. Tesi, L. Cotti, G. Garrapa, R. Viola, M. Manuela, F. Lizzadro, M. G. Cartechini, N. Busciantella Ricci, G. Agostinelli, I. Meloncelli, M. Galetta, V. Marconi, L. Carini, I. Crema, L. Clementi, S. Manfrini, L. Olivi, P. Foglini, R. Maricotti, P. Pantanetti, A. Spalluto, M. Andreani, G. Martinelli, A. Chiambretti, R. Fornengo, L. Di Vito, M. Albertone, V. Magliano, D. Cortale, A. R. Bogazzi, M. Rivelli, S. B. Del Rosso, F. Picataggi, P. Bonfani, E. Baccaro, M. Comoglio, R. Manti, O. Boscolo, C. Laiolo, A. Clerico, L. Richiardi, K. Sinato, G. P. Carlesi, S. Garrone, G. Magro, C. Paverin, D. Gaviglio, G. Saglietti, L. Monge, G. Grassi, A. Di Benedetto, M. Russo, B. Pintaudi, G. Di Vieste, A. Garofalo, F. Vitale, L. Bernardo, G. Saitta, A. Lo Presti, M. A. Fulantelli, G. Mattina, M. Cortese, A. Parrinello, V. Provenzano, L. Ferrara, R. Ferranti, D. Gioia, M. Conti, G. Lucisano, M. Scardapane, M. Valentini, D. D’Alonzo, C. Pirozzoli, R. Memmo, B. Di Nardo, R. Chiodo, C. De Francesco
Validation of the Aging Perceptions Questionnaire Short on a sample of community-dwelling Turkish elderly migrants
Anne Slotman, Jane M Cramm, Anna P Nieboer
Development of the Systemic Lupus Erythematosus Steroid Questionnaire (SSQ): a novel patient-reported outcome tool to assess the impact of oral steroid treatment
Susan D. Mathias, Pamela Berry, Jane De Vries, Anca Askanase, Katie Pascoe, Hilary H. Colwell, David J. Chang
Item analysis using Rasch models confirms that the Danish versions of the DISABKIDS® chronic-generic and diabetes-specific modules are valid and reliable
Julie Bøjstrup Nielsen, Julie Nyholm Kyvsgaard, Stine Møller Sildorf, Svend Kreiner, Jannet Svensson
Measurement properties of the EQ-5D across four major geriatric conditions: Findings from TOPICS-MDS
Jennifer E. Lutomski, Paul F. M. Krabbe, Nienke Bleijenberg, Jeanett Blom, Gertrudis I. J. M. Kempen, Janet MacNeil-Vroomen, Maaike E. Muntinga, Ewout Steyerburg, Marcel G. M. Olde-Rikkert, René J. F. Melis, N. Bleijenberg, J. W. Blom, G. I. J. M. Kempen, P. F. M. Krabbe, R. J. F. Melis, M. E. Muntinga, E. W. Steyerberg, B. M. Buurman, J. Gussekloo, H. E. van der Horst, M. G. M. Olde-Rikkert, S. E. J. A. de Rooij, J. M. G. A. Schols, M. J. Schuurmans, D. A Smilde, D. van den Brink, J. E. Lutomski, L. Qin
Development of the US English version of the phenylketonuria – quality of life (PKU-QOL) questionnaire
Elaina Jurecki, Amy Cunningham, Vanessa Birardi, Grégory Gagol, Catherine Acquadro
The Performance Scales disability measure for multiple sclerosis: use and sensitivity to clinically important differences
Carolyn E. Schwartz, Victoria E. Powell
Fatigue and sleepiness determine respiratory quality of life among veterans evaluated for sleep apnea
Denis Vinnikov, Paul D. Blanc, Alaena Alilin, Moshe Zutler, Jon-Erik C. Holty
The effect of a smartphone-based coronary heart disease prevention (SBCHDP) programme on awareness and knowledge of CHD, stress, and cardiac-related lifestyle behaviours among the working population in Singapore: a pilot randomised controlled trial
Hui Zhang, Ying Jiang, Hoang D. Nguyen, Danny Chiang Choon Poo, Wenru Wang
Glatiramer acetate treatment persistence - but not adherence - in multiple sclerosis patients is predicted by health-related quality of life and self-efficacy: a prospective web-based patient-centred study (CAIR study)
Peter Joseph Jongen, Wim A. Lemmens, Erwin L. Hoogervorst, Rogier Donders
Measurement properties and normative data for the Norwegian SF-36: results from a general population survey
AM. Garratt, K. Stavem
Using patient values and preferences to inform the importance of health outcomes in practice guideline development following the GRADE approach
Yuan Zhang, Pablo Alonso Coello, Jan Brożek, Wojtek Wiercioch, Itziar Etxeandia-Ikobaltzeta, Elie A. Akl, Joerg J. Meerpohl, Waleed Alhazzani, Alonso Carrasco-Labra, Rebecca L. Morgan, Reem A. Mustafa, John J. Riva, Ainsley Moore, Juan José Yepes-Nuñez, Carlos Cuello-Garcia, Zulfa AlRayees, Veena Manja, Maicon Falavigna, Ignacio Neumann, Romina Brignardello-Petersen, Nancy Santesso, Bram Rochwerg, Andrea Darzi, Maria Ximena Rojas, Yaser Adi, Claudia Bollig, Reem Waziry, Holger J. Schünemann
The association between misperceptions around weight status and quality of life in adults in Australia
Christopher Heard, Paul A. Scuffham, Julie Ratcliffe, Jennifer A. Whitty
Validation and reliability of the Malaysian English version of the psychosocial impact of dental aesthetics questionnaire for adolescents
Wan Nurazreena Wan Hassan, Zamros Yuzadi Mohd Yusof, Mohd Zambri Mohamed Makhbul, Siti Safuraa Zahirah Shahidan, Siti Farhana Mohd Ali, Rashidah Burhanudin, Maria Jirom Gere
Factors associated with the quality of life of family caregivers for leukemia patients in China
Hongjuan Yu, Limin Li, Chaojie Liu, Weidong Huang, Jin Zhou, Wenqi Fu, Yi Ma, Si Li, Yuying Chang, Guoxiang Liu, Qunhong Wu
Validation of the German version of two scales (RIS, RCS-HCP) for measuring regret associated with providing healthcare
Silvia C. Richner, Stéphane Cullati, Boris Cheval, Ralph E. Schmidt, Pierre Chopard, Christoph A. Meier, Delphine S. Courvoisier
Development and validation of a condition-specific diary to measure severity, bothersomeness and impact on daily activities for patients with acute urinary tract infection in primary care
Anne Holm, Gloria Cordoba, Volkert Siersma, John Brodersen
Validation of the Pittsburgh sleep quality index in community dwelling Ethiopian adults
Mohammed Salahuddin, Tarekegn Tesfaye Maru, Abera Kumalo, Seithikurippu R. Pandi-Perumal, Ahmed S. Bahammam, Md Dilshad Manzar
A survey of the impact of owning a service dog on quality of life for individuals with physical and hearing disability: a pilot study
Sophie S. Hall, Jessica MacMichael, Amy Turner, Daniel S. Mills
Comparing five depression measures in depressed Chinese patients using item response theory: an examination of item properties, measurement precision and score comparability
Yue Zhao, Wai Chan, Barbara Chuen Yee Lo
The Patient Assessment of Chronic Illness Care produces measurements along a single dimension: results from a Mokken analysis
C. J. Gibbons, N. Small, J. Rick, J. Burt, M. Hann, P. Bower
Women with family cancer history are at risk for poorer physical quality of life and lower self-efficacy: a longitudinal study among men and women with non-small cell lung cancer
Anna Banik, Ralf Schwarzer, Izabela Pawlowska, Monika Boberska, Roman Cieslak, Aleksandra Luszczynska
Assessment of the consequences of caregiving in psychosis: a psychometric comparison of the Zarit Burden Interview (ZBI) and the Involvement Evaluation Questionnaire (IEQ)
Manuel Gonçalves-Pereira, Eduardo González-Fraile, Borja Santos-Zorrozúa, Manuel Martín-Carrasco, Paola Fernández-Catalina, Ana I. Domínguez-Panchón, Paula Muñoz-Hermoso, Javier Ballesteros
Validation of the World Health Organization Disability Assessment Schedule in people with severe mental disorders in rural Ethiopia
Kassahun Habtamu, Atalay Alem, Girmay Medhin, Abebaw Fekadu, Michael Dewey, Martin Prince, Charlotte Hanlon
Health-related quality of life of HIV infected adults with and without Visceral Leishmaniasis in Northwest Ethiopia
Mekuriaw Alemayehu, Mamo Wubshet, Nebiyu Mesfin, Aschalew Tamiru, Abebaw Gebayehu
Validation of the Dutch version of the Swallowing Quality-of-Life Questionnaire (DSWAL-QoL) and the adjusted DSWAL-QoL (aDSWAL-QoL) using item analysis with the Rasch model: a pilot study
Ingeborg S. Simpelaere, Gwen Van Nuffelen, Marc De Bodt, Jan Vanderwegen, Tina Hansen
Predictors of quality of life among adolescents and young adults with a bleeding disorder
John M. McLaughlin, James E. Munn, Terry L. Anderson, Angela Lambing, Bartholomew Tortella, Michelle L. Witkop
Role of self-efficacy and social support in short-term recovery after total hip replacement: a prospective cohort study
Espen Andreas Brembo, Heidi Kapstad, Sandra Van Dulmen, Hilde Eide
Erratum to: Validation of the German version of two scales (RIS, RCS-HCP) for measuring regret associated with providing healthcare
Silvia C. Richner, Stéphane Cullati, Boris Cheval, Ralph E. Schmidt, Pierre Chopard, Christoph A. Meier, Delphine S. Courvoisier
Trends of medical expenditures and quality of life in US adults with diabetes: the medical expenditure panel survey, 2002–2011
Jennifer A. Campbell, Kinfe G. Bishu, Rebekah J. Walker, Leonard E. Egede
Coping strategies and quality of life in caregivers of dependent elderly relatives
Margarita Rodríguez-Pérez, Ana Abreu-Sánchez, María Jesús Rojas-Ocaña, Rafael del-Pino-Casado
Comparing health-related quality of life of Dutch and Chinese patients with traumatic brain injury: do cultural differences play a role?
Maryse C. Cnossen, Suzanne Polinder, Pieter E. Vos, Hester F. Lingsma, Ewout W. Steyerberg, Yanming Sun, Pengpeng Ye, Leilei Duan, Juanita A. Haagsma
Multimorbidity associated with functional independence among community-dwelling older people: a cross-sectional study in Southern China
Xiao-Xiao Wang, Wei-Quan Lin, Xu-Jia Chen, Ying-Yu Lin, Ling-Ling Huang, Sheng-Chao Zhang, Pei-Xi Wang
Beyond quality of life: a cross sectional study on the mental health of patients with chronic kidney disease undergoing dialysis and their caregivers
Beatriz dos Santos Pereira, Neimar da Silva Fernandes, Nayara Pires de Melo, Renata Abrita, Fabiane Rossi dos Santos Grincenkov, Natália Maria da Silva Fernandes
Responsiveness of the short-form health survey and the Parkinson’s disease questionnaire in patients with Parkinson’s disease
Xiao-Jing Tu, Wen-Juh Hwang, Shih-Pin Hsu, Hui-Ing Ma
Caregiver’s quality of life and its positive impact on symptomatology and quality of life of patients with schizophrenia
Alejandra Caqueo-Urízar, Marine Alessandrini, Alfonso Urzúa, Xavier Zendjidjian, Laurent Boyer, David R. Williams
Quality of life and healthcare service utilization among methadone maintenance patients in a mountainous area of Northern Vietnam
Long Hoang Nguyen, Lan Huong Thi Nguyen, Victoria L. Boggiano, Canh Dinh Hoang, Hung Van Nguyen, Huong Thi Le, Hai Quan Le, Tho Dinh Tran, Bach Xuan Tran, Carl A. Latkin, Nabil Zary, Minh Thuc Thi Vu
Does where you live matter to your health? Investigating factors that influence the self-rated health of urban and rural Chinese residents: evidence drawn from Chinese General Social Survey data
Hongsheng Chen, Ye Liu, Zhenjun Zhu, Zhigang Li
Psychometric properties of the SDM-Q-9 questionnaire for shared decision-making in multiple sclerosis: item response theory modelling and confirmatory factor analysis
Javier Ballesteros, Ester Moral, Luis Brieva, Elena Ruiz-Beato, Daniel Prefasi, Jorge Maurino
Social and behavioral interventions for improving quality of life of HIV infected people receiving antiretroviral therapy: a systematic review and meta-analysis
Dharma Nand Bhatta, Tippawan Liabsuetrakul, Edward B. McNeil
Health related quality of life in Dutch infants, toddlers, and young children
S. A. Schepers, H. A. van Oers, H. Maurice-Stam, J. Huisman, C. M. Verhaak, M. A. Grootenhuis, L. Haverman
Oral impacts on quality of life and problem-oriented attendance among South East London adults
Piyada Gaewkhiew, Eduardo Bernabé, Jennifer E. Gallagher, Charlotte Klass, Elsa K. Delgado-Angulo
Manifesto: towards a clinically-oriented psychometrics
Andrew J. Vickers, Ling Y. Chen
A systematic approach for studying the signs and symptoms of fever in adult patients: the fever assessment tool (FAST)
Nancy J. Ames, John H. Powers, Alexandra Ranucci, Kyungsook Gartrell, Li Yang, Mark VanRaden, Nancy Kline Leidy, Gwenyth R. Wallen
Nutritional status and quality of life of cancer patients needing exclusive chemotherapy: a longitudinal study
Sebastien Salas, Sophie Mercier, Benjamin Moheng, Sandrine Olivet, Marie-Eve Garcia, Sophie Hamon, Camille Sibertin-Blanc, Florence Duffaud, Pascal Auquier, Karine Baumstarck
A review of patient-reported outcome measures to assess female infertility-related quality of life
Helen Kitchen, Natalie Aldhouse, Andrew Trigg, Roberto Palencia, Stephen Mitchell
Relationship between activity limitation and health-related quality of life in school-aged children with cerebral palsy: a cross-sectional study
Eun-Young Park
Validation of the short forms of the Pelvic Floor Distress Inventory (PFDI-20), Pelvic Floor Impact Questionnaire (PFIQ-7), and Pelvic Organ Prolapse/Urinary Incontinence Sexual Questionnaire (PISQ-12) in Finnish
Nina Kristiina Mattsson, Kari Nieminen, Anna-Mari Heikkinen, Jyrki Jalkanen, Sari Koivurova, Marja-Liisa Eloranta, Pia Suvitie, Anna-Maija Tolppanen
Functional disability associated with disease and quality-of-life parameters in Chinese patients with rheumatoid arthritis
Juan Ji, Lijuan Zhang, Qiuxiang Zhang, Rulan Yin, Ting Fu, Liren Li, Zhifeng Gu
Quality of life improvement in Latinas receiving combined substance use disorders and trauma-specific treatment: a cohort evaluation report
Miguel A. Cruz-Feliciano, Christine Miranda-Díaz, Diana M. Fernández-Santos, Darice Orobitg-Brenes, Robert F. Hunter-Mellado, Ibis S. Carrión-González
Erratum to: Confirmatory factor analysis of Clinical Outcomes in Routine Evaluation (CORE-OM) used as a measure of emotional distress in people with tinnitus
L. Handscomb, D. A. Hall, D. J. Hoare, G. W. Shorter
Reliability and validity of the SF-36 Health Survey Questionnaire in patients with brain tumors: a cross-sectional study
Adomas Bunevicius
Reliability analysis of the Chinese version of the Functional Assessment of Cancer Therapy – Leukemia (FACT-Leu) scale based on multivariate generalizability theory
Qiong Meng, Zheng Yang, Yang Wu, Yuanyuan Xiao, Xuezhong Gu, Meixia Zhang, Chonghua Wan, Xiaosong Li
Tinnitus functional index: validation of the German version for Switzerland
Nicole Peter, Tobias Kleinjung, Raphael Jeker, Martin Meyer, Richard Klaghofer, Steffi Weidt
Quality of life of depressed and suicidal patients seeking services from traditional and faith healers in rural Kenya
Christine W. Musyimi, Victoria N. Mutiso, Sameera S. Nayak, David M. Ndetei, David C. Henderson, Joske Bunders
An assessment of quality of life for early phase after adjuvant radiotherapy in breast cancer survivors: a Korean multicenter survey (KROG 14–09)
Chai Hong Rim, Sung-Ja Ahn, Jin Hee Kim, Won Sup Yoon, Mison Chun, Dae Sik Yang, Jong-Hoon Lee, Kyubo Kim, Moonkyoo Kong, Suzy Kim, Juree Kim, Kyung Ran Park, Young-Joo Shin, Sun Young Ma, Bae-Kwon Jeong, Su Ssan Kim, Yong Bae Kim, Dong Soo Lee, Jaehyung Cha
International evaluation of the psychometrics of health-related quality of life questionnaires for use among long-term survivors of testicular and prostate cancer
Marieke van Leeuwen, Jacobien M. Kieffer, Fabio Efficace, Sophie D. Fosså, Michel Bolla, Laurence Collette, Marc Colombel, Ugo De Giorgi, Bernhard Holzner, Lonneke V. van de Poll-Franse, Hendrik van Poppel, Jeff White, Ronald de Wit, Susanne Osanto, Neil K. Aaronson
Feasibility of the Participation and Activity Inventory for Children and Youth (PAI-CY) and Young Adults (PAI-YA) with a visual impairment: a pilot study
Ellen Bernadette Maria Elsman, Ruth Marie Antoinette van Nispen, Gerardus Hermanus Maria Bartholomeus van Rens
Domains of quality of life freely expressed by cancer patients and their caregivers: contribution of the SEIQoL
Zeinab Hamidou, Karine Baumstarck, Olivier Chinot, Fabrice Barlesi, Sébastien Salas, Tanguy Leroy, Pascal Auquier
Health-related quality of life and influencing factors among migrant children in Shaoxing, China
Fengjiao Xu, Haiyan Xing, Wei Yu, Sanmei Chen, Hui Li
Validation of the Italian version of the Laval questionnaire: health-related quality of life in subjects with obesity
Lorenzo Maria Donini, Aldo Rosano, Luca Di Lazzaro, Eleonora Poggiogalle, Carla Lubrano, Silvia Migliaccio, Mariagrazia Carbonelli, Alessandro Pinto, Andrea Lenzi
Latent variable mixture models to test for differential item functioning: a population-based analysis
Xiuyun Wu, Richard Sawatzky, Wilma Hopman, Nancy Mayo, Tolulope T. Sajobi, Juxin Liu, Jerilynn Prior, Alexandra Papaioannou, Robert G. Josse, Tanveer Towheed, K. Shawn Davison, Lisa M. Lix
Predictors of physical and mental health in persons with morbid obesity attending a patient education course – a two-year follow-up study
Anners Lerdal, Caryl L. Gay, Tore Bonsaksen, May Solveig Fagermoen
Effect of chemotherapy counseling by pharmacists on quality of life and psychological outcomes of oncology patients in Malaysia: a randomized control trial
Ummavathy Periasamy, Sherina Mohd Sidik, Lekhraj Rampal, Siti Irma Fadhilah, Mehrnoosh Akhtari-Zavare, Rozi Mahmud
Psychological status and quality of life among primary caregivers of individuals with mental illness: a hospital based study
Anitha Jeyagurunathan, Vathsala Sagayadevan, Edimansyah Abdin, YunJue Zhang, Sherilyn Chang, Saleha Shafie, Restria Fauziana Abdul Rahman, Janhavi Ajit Vaingankar, Siow Ann Chong, Mythily Subramaniam
Functional evaluation for patients with lower extremity sarcoma: application of the Chinese version of Musculoskeletal Tumor Society scoring system
Leilei Xu, Xinhua Li, Zhou Wang, Jin Xiong, Shoufeng Wang
Developing a proxy version of the Adult social care outcome toolkit (ASCOT)
Stacey Rand, James Caiels, Grace Collins, Julien Forder
Translation, cultural adaptation and validation of the English “Short form SF 12v2” into Bengali in rheumatoid arthritis patients
Nazrul Islam, Ikramul Hasan Khan, Nira Ferdous, Johannes J. Rasker
Psychometric properties of the painDETECT questionnaire in rheumatoid arthritis, psoriatic arthritis and spondyloarthritis: Rasch analysis and test-retest reliability
Signe Rifbjerg-Madsen, Eva Ejlersen Wæhrens, Bente Danneskiold-Samsøe, Kirstine Amris
Dietary habits, oral impact on daily performance and type 2 diabetes: a matched case-control study from Sudan
Hasaan G. Mohamed, Kamal Mustafa, Salah O. Ibrahim, Anne N. Åstrøm
Erratum to: Manifesto: towards a clinically-oriented psychometrics
Andrew J. Vickers, Ling Y. Chen
Cross-cultural measurement invariance in the satisfaction with food-related life scale in older adults from two developing countries
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“Fibromyalgia and quality of life: mapping the revised fibromyalgia impact questionnaire to the preference-based instruments”
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Development of a 12-item short version of the HIV stigma scale
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Psychometric properties of the original and short versions of the Falls Efficacy Scale-International (FES-I) in people with Parkinson’s disease
Stina B Jonasson, Maria H Nilsson, Jan Lexell
Sensitivity of alternative measures of functioning and wellbeing for adults with sickle cell disease: comparison of PROMIS® to ASCQ-Me℠
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Post-traumatic stress disorder in parturients delivering by caesarean section and the implication of anaesthesia: a prospective cohort study
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Validity and reliability of the Sri Lankan version of the kidney disease quality of life questionnaire (KDQOL-SF™)
Sameera Senanayake, Nalika Gunawardena, Paba Palihawadana, Sanjeewa Kularatna, T. S. G. Peiris
Validation of the Spanish version of the Amsterdam Preoperative Anxiety and Information Scale (APAIS)
Manuel Vergara-Romero, José Miguel Morales-Asencio, Angelines Morales-Fernández, Jose Carlos Canca-Sanchez, Francisco Rivas-Ruiz, Jose Antonio Reinaldo-Lapuerta
The impact of hyperhidrosis on patients' daily life and quality of life: a qualitative investigation
P. Kamudoni, B. Mueller, J. Halford, A. Schouveller, B. Stacey, M.S. Salek
Physical health-related quality of life in relation to metabolic health and obesity among men and women in Germany
Julia Truthmann, Gert B. M. Mensink, Anja Bosy-Westphal, Ulfert Hapke, Christa Scheidt-Nave, Anja Schienkiewitz
Evaluation of the impact of once weekly dulaglutide on patient-reported outcomes in Japanese patients with type 2 diabetes: comparisons with liraglutide, insulin glargine, and placebo in two randomized studies
Shuichi Suzuki, Tomonori Oura, Masakazu Takeuchi, Kristina S. Boye
Determining the longitudinal validity and meaningful differences in HRQL of the PedsQL™ Sickle Cell Disease Module
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Health-related quality of life and health preference of Chinese patients with diabetes mellitus managed in primary care and secondary care setting: decrements associated with individual complication and number of complications
Fangfang Jiao, Carlos King Ho Wong, Rita Gangwani, Kathryn Choon Beng Tan, Sydney Chi Wai Tang, Cindy Lo Kuen Lam
Development and use of a content search strategy for retrieving studies on patients' views and preferences
Anna Selva, Ivan Solà, Yuan Zhang, Hector Pardo-Hernandez, R. Brian Haynes, Laura Martínez García, Tamara Navarro, Holger Schünemann, Pablo Alonso-Coello
Healthcare utilization and costs for patients initiating Dabigatran or Warfarin
Shannon L. Reynolds, Sameer R. Ghate, Richard Sheer, Pranav K. Gandhi, Chad Moretz, Cheng Wang, Stephen Sander, Mary E. Costantino, Srinivas Annavarapu, George Andrews
Qualitative modification and development of patient- and caregiver-reported outcome measures for iron chelation therapy
Erica G. Horodniceanu, Vasudha Bal, Harman Dhatt, John A. Carter, Vicky Huang, Kathryn Lasch
Health-related quality of life effects of enzalutamide in patients with metastatic castration-resistant prostate cancer: an in-depth post hoc analysis of EQ-5D data from the PREVAIL trial
Nancy Devlin, Michael Herdman, Marco Pavesi, De Phung, Shevani Naidoo, Tomasz M. Beer, Bertrand Tombal, Yohann Loriot, Cristina Ivanescu, Teresa Parli, Mark Balk, Stefan Holmstrom
Patient-reported health state utilities in metastatic gastroenteropancreatic neuroendocrine tumours – an analysis based on the CLARINET study
Yang Meng, Grant McCarthy, Anthony Berthon, Jerome Dinet
The association between physical activity and health-related quality of life among breast cancer survivors
Woo-kyoung Shin, Sihan Song, So-Youn Jung, Eunsook Lee, Zisun Kim, Hyeong-Gon Moon, Dong-Young Noh, Jung Eun Lee
Informal caregivers experience of supplemental oxygen in pulmonary fibrosis
Bridget A. Graney, Frederick S. Wamboldt, Susan Baird, Tara Churney, Kaitlin Fier, Marjorie Korn, Mark McCormick, Thomas Vierzba, Jeffrey J. Swigris
How great is the medical burden of disease on the aged? Research based on “System of Health Account 2011”
Wenjuan Duan, Ang Zheng, Xin Mu, Mingyang Li, Chunli Liu, Wenzhong Huang, Xin Wang
The development of a health-related quality-of-life instrument for young people with narcolepsy: NARQoL-21
John E. Chaplin, Attila Szakács, Tove Hallböök, Niklas Darin
Adherence to hydroxyurea, health-related quality of life domains, and patients’ perceptions of sickle cell disease and hydroxyurea: a cross-sectional study in adolescents and young adults
Sherif M. Badawy, Alexis A. Thompson, Jin-Shei Lai, Frank J. Penedo, Karen Rychlik, Robert I. Liem
The relationship between health literacy and quality of life among frequent users of health care services: a cross-sectional study
Éva Marjorie Couture, Maud-Christine Chouinard, Martin Fortin, Catherine Hudon
International comparison of experience-based health state values at the population level
Richard Heijink, Peter Reitmeir, Reiner Leidl
Quality of life and general health of infertile women
Azam Namdar, Mohammad Mehdi Naghizadeh, Marziyeh Zamani, Farideh Yaghmaei, Mohammad Hadi Sameni
The impact of social engagement on health-related quality of life and depressive symptoms in old age - evidence from a multicenter prospective cohort study in Germany
André Hajek, Christian Brettschneider, Tina Mallon, Annette Ernst, Silke Mamone, Birgitt Wiese, Siegfried Weyerer, Jochen Werle, Michael Pentzek, Angela Fuchs, Janine Stein, Tobias Luck, Horst Bickel, Dagmar Weeg, Michael Wagner, Kathrin Heser, Wolfgang Maier, Martin Scherer, Steffi G. Riedel-Heller, Hans-Helmut König, Wolfgang Maier, Martin Scherer, Heinz-Harald Abholz, Cadja Bachmann, Horst Bickel, Wolfgang Blank, Hendrik van den Bussche, Sandra Eifflaender-Gorfer, Marion Eisele, Annette Ernst, Angela Fuchs, André Hajek, Kathrin Heser, Frank Jessen, Hanna Kaduszkiewicz, Teresa Kaufeler, Mirjam Köhler, Hans-Helmut König, Alexander Koppara, Carolin Lange, Hanna Leicht, Tobias Luck, Melanie Luppa, Manfred Mayer, Edelgard Mösch, Julia Olbrich, Michael Pentzek, Jana Prokein, Anna Schumacher, Steffi Riedel-Heller, Janine Stein, Susanne Steinmann, Franziska Tebarth, Michael Wagner, Klaus Weckbecker, Dagmar Weeg, Jochen Werle, Siegfried Weyerer, Birgitt Wiese, Steffen Wolfsgruber, Thomas Zimmermann
Exploring the factor structure of the Health of the Nation Outcomes Scale (HoNOS) in a sample of patients with schizophrenia, schizotypal and delusional disorders
Wayne Smith, Silia Vitoratou, Paul McCrone, Anita Patel
Profile and predictors of health related quality of life among type II diabetes mellitus patients in Quetta city, Pakistan
Qaiser Iqbal, Noman ul Haq, Sajid Bashir, Mohammad Bashaar
The validity of the SF-12 and SF-6D instruments in people living with HIV/AIDS in Kenya
Anik R. Patel, Richard T. Lester, Carlo A. Marra, Mia L. van der Kop, Paul Ritvo, Lidia Engel, Sarah Karanja, Larry D. Lynd
Association of financial status and the quality of life in Chinese women with recurrent ovarian cancer
Zhuyan Shao, Tao Zhu, Ping Zhang, Qiang Wen, Dan Li, Shihua Wang
Development and validation of the Chinese version of dry eye related quality of life scale
Bang Zheng, Xiao-jing Liu, Yue-qian Fiona Sun, Jia-zeng Su, Yang Zhao, Zheng Xie, Guang-yan Yu
Developing a questionnaire to determine the impact of self-management in diabetes: giving people with diabetes a voice
J. Carlton, J. Elliott, D. Rowen, K. Stevens, H. Basarir, K. Meadows, J. Brazier
Primary liver transplantation and liver retransplantation: comparison of health-related quality of life and mental status – a cross-sectional study
Johannes Broschewitz, Georg Wiltberger, Nicco Krezdorn, Felix Krenzien, Julia Förster, Georgi Atanasov, Hans-Michael Hau, Moritz Schmelzle, Andreas Hinz, Michael Bartels, Christian Benzing
Assessment of quality of life in patients with post kalaazar dermal leishmaniasis
Biplab Pal, Krishna Murti, Niyamat Ali Siddiqui, Pradeep Das, Chandra Shekhar Lal, Rajendra Babu, Manoj Kumar Rastogi, Krishna Pandey
Disease activity, resilience and health-related quality of life in Chinese patients with rheumatoid arthritis: a multi-center, cross-sectional study
Li Liu, Xin Xu, Neili Xu, Lie Wang
Stroke survivors’ long-term QALY-weights in relation to their spouses’ QALY-weights and informal support: a cross-sectional study
Josefine Persson, Lars-Åke Levin, Lukas Holmegaard, Petra Redfors, Katarina Jood, Christina Jern, Christian Blomstrand, Gunilla Forsberg-Wärleby
How is disease severity associated with quality of life in psoriasis patients? Evidence from a longitudinal population-based study in Sweden
Kirk Geale, Martin Henriksson, Marcus Schmitt-Egenolf
Health status of adolescents in the Tibetan plateau area of western China: 6 years after the Yushu earthquake
Xu Liu, Hongyang Yang, Bihan Tang, Yuan Liu, Lulu Zhang
Psychometric properties of the short Warwick Edinburgh mental well-being scale (SWEMWBS) in service users with schizophrenia, depression and anxiety spectrum disorders
Janhavi Ajit Vaingankar, Edimansyah Abdin, Siow Ann Chong, Rajeswari Sambasivam, Esmond Seow, Anitha Jeyagurunathan, Louisa Picco, Sarah Stewart-Brown, Mythily Subramaniam
Pre-event quality of life and its influence on the post-event quality of life among patients with ST elevation and non-ST elevation myocardial infarctions of a premier province of Sri Lanka
P. K. B. Mahesh, M. W. Gunathunga, Saroj Jayasinghe, S. M. Arnold, R. Haniffa, A. P. De Silva
The factors that influence the oral health-related quality of life in 12-year-old children: baseline study of a longitudinal research
Ling Sun, Hai Ming Wong, Colman P. J. McGrath
The National Eye Institute 25-Item Visual Function Questionnaire (NEI VFQ-25) – reference data from the German population-based Gutenberg Health Study (GHS)
Stefan Nickels, Alexander K. Schuster, Susanne Singer, Philipp S. Wild, Dagmar Laubert-Reh, Andreas Schulz, Robert P. Finger, Matthias Michal, Manfred E. Beutel, Thomas Münzel, Karl J. Lackner, Norbert Pfeiffer
Development of a new Rasch-based scoring algorithm for the National Eye Institute Visual Functioning Questionnaire to improve its interpretability
Jennifer Petrillo, Neil M. Bressler, Ecosse Lamoureux, Alberto Ferreira, Stefan Cano
Health-related quality of life in pregnant women living with HIV: a comparison of EQ-5D and SF-12
Xiaowen Wang, Guangping Guo, Ling Zhou, Jiarui Zheng, Xiumin Liang, Zhanqin Li, Hongzhuan Luo, Yuyan Yang, Liyuan Yang, Ting Tan, Jun Yu, Lin Lu
Health-related quality of life in the Brazilian Amazon: a population-based cross-sectional study
Marcus Tolentino Silva, Monica Caicedo Roa, Tais Freire Galvao
Effectiveness outcomes and health related quality of life impact of disease progression in patients with advanced nonsquamous NSCLC treated in real-world community oncology settings: results from a prospective medical record registry study
Mark S. Walker, William Wong, Arliene Ravelo, Paul J. E. Miller, Lee S. Schwartzberg
Prevalence and its associated psychological variables of symptoms of depression and anxiety among ovarian cancer patients in China: a cross-sectional study
Chun Li Liu, Li Liu, Yi Zhang, Xiao Ze Dai, Hui Wu
Understanding polycystic ovary syndrome from the patient perspective: a concept elicitation patient interview study
Mona L. Martin, Katarina Halling, Daniel Eek, Meaghan Krohe, Jean Paty
Validity and test-retest reliability of the self-completion adult social care outcomes toolkit (ASCOT-SCT4) with adults with long-term physical, sensory and mental health conditions in England
Stacey Rand, Juliette Malley, Ann-Marie Towers, Ann Netten, Julien Forder
DEMQOL and DEMQOL-Proxy: a Rasch analysis
A. A. Jolijn Hendriks, Sarah C. Smith, Theopisti Chrysanthaki, Stefan J. Cano, Nick Black
Body image in head and neck cancer patients treated with radiotherapy: the impact of surgical procedures
Tsung-Min Hung, Ching-Rong Lin, Yu-Chun Chi, Chien-Yu Lin, Eric Yen-Chao Chen, Chung-Jan Kang, Shiang-Fu Huang, Yeong-Yuh Juang, Chun-Yu Huang, Joseph Tung-Chieh Chang
Responsiveness of the PROMIS® measures to changes in disease status among pediatric nephrotic syndrome patients: a Midwest pediatric nephrology consortium study
David T. Selewski, Jonathan P. Troost, Danyelle Cummings, Susan F. Massengill, Rasheed A. Gbadegesin, Larry A. Greenbaum, Ibrahim F. Shatat, Yi Cai, Gaurav Kapur, Diane Hebert, Michael J. Somers, Howard Trachtman, Priya Pais, Michael E. Seifert, Jens Goebel, Christine B. Sethna, John D. Mahan, Heather E. Gross, Emily Herreshoff, Yang Liu, Noelle E. Carlozzi, Bryce B. Reeve, Darren A. DeWalt, Debbie S. Gipson
Development of diabetes-specific quality of life module to be in conjunction with the World Health Organization quality of life scale brief version (WHOQOL-BREF)
Chung-Ying Lin, Tsung-Ying Lee, Zih-Jie Sun, Yi-Ching Yang, Jin-Shang Wu, Huang-Tz Ou
Benefits of different intensity of aerobic exercise in modulating body composition among obese young adults: a pilot randomized controlled trial
Chih-Hui Chiu, Ming-Chen Ko, Long-Shan Wu, Ding-Peng Yeh, Nai-Wen Kan, Po-Fu Lee, Jenn-Woei Hsieh, Ching-Yu Tseng, Chien-Chang Ho
The Spanish version of the Patient-Rated Wrist Evaluation outcome measure: cross-cultural adaptation process, reliability, measurement error and construct validity
Roberto S. Rosales, Rayco García-Gutierrez, Luis Reboso-Morales, Isam Atroshi
Evaluation of PDQ-8 and its relationship with PDQ-39 in China: a three-year longitudinal study
Kui Chen, Yu-Jie Yang, Feng-Tao Liu, Da-Ke Li, Lu-Lu Bu, Ke Yang, Ying Wang, Bo Shen, Rong-Yuan Guan, Jie Song, Jian Wang, Jian-Jun Wu
Peculiarities of situational and personal anxiety degree in the schoolchildren with ENT chronic diseases
Marine Mardiyan, Siranush Mkrtchyan, Artur Shukuryan, Armine Chopikyan, Razmik Dunamalyan, Lusine Danielyan
Perceived quality of life in partners of patients undergoing treatment in somatic health, mental health, or substance use disorder units: a cross-sectional study
Bente Birkeland, Bente M. Weimand, Torleif Ruud, Magnhild M. Høie, John-Kåre Vederhus
Social vulnerability and factors associated with oral impact on daily performance among adolescents
Inara Pereira da Cunha, Antônio Carlos Pereira, Antônio Carlos Frias, Vladen Vieira, Marcelo de Castro Meneghim, Marília Jesus Batista, Karine Laura Cortellazzi, Jaqueline Vilela Bulgareli
A systematic literature review of health state utility values in head and neck cancer
Michela Meregaglia, John Cairns
Vision-related quality of life and visual outcomes from cataract surgery in patients with vision-threatening diabetic retinopathy: a prospective observational study
Bijun Zhu, Yingyan Ma, Senlin Lin, Haidong Zou
The Center for Epidemiologic Studies Depression Scale is an adequate screening instrument for depression and anxiety disorder in adults with congential heart disease
Ju Ryoung Moon, June Huh, Jinyoung Song, I-Seok Kang, Seung Woo Park, Sung-A Chang, Ji-Hyuk Yang, Tae-Gook Jun
Inflammatory bowel disease-specific health-related quality of life instruments: a systematic review of measurement properties
Xin-Lin Chen, Liang-huan Zhong, Yi Wen, Tian-Wen Liu, Xiao-Ying Li, Zheng-Kun Hou, Yue Hu, Chuan-wei Mo, Feng-Bin Liu
Chinese version of the Constant-Murley questionnaire for shoulder pain and disability: a reliability and validation study
Min Yao, Long Yang, Zuo-yuan Cao, Shao-dan Cheng, Shuang-lin Tian, Yue-li Sun, Jing Wang, Bao-ping Xu, Xiao-chun Hu, Yong-jun Wang, Ying Zhang, Xue-jun Cui
The search for relevant outcome measures for cost-utility analysis of systemic family interventions in adolescents with substance use disorder and delinquent behavior: a systematic literature review
S. Schawo, C. Bouwmans, E. van der Schee, V. Hendriks, W. Brouwer, L. Hakkaart
Employment status and health related quality of life among Hodgkin-lymphoma survivors’– results based on data from a major treatment center in Hungary
Ferenc Magyari, Karolina Kósa, Roland Berecz, Anna Illés, Zsófia Miltényi, Zsófia Simon, Árpád Illés
Recent advances in analysis of differential item functioning in health research using the Rasch model
Curt Hagquist, David Andrich
Responsiveness of the Early Childhood Oral Health Impact Scale (ECOHIS) is related to dental treatment complexity
Tatiane F. Novaes, Laura Regina A. Pontes, Julia G. Freitas, Carolina P. Acosta, Katia Cristina E. Andrade, Renata S. Guedes, Thiago M. Ardenghi, José Carlos P. Imparato, Mariana M. Braga, Daniela P. Raggio, Fausto M. Mendes, Alessandra Reyes, Amanda F. Oliveira, Ana Estela Haddad, Ana Flavia B. Calvo, Ana Lidia Ciamponi, Andrezza S. Fonseca, Annelry C. Serra, Antonio Carlos L. Silva, Beatriz A. Bispo, Bruna P. Okamura, Bruna L. P. Moro, C R. Bresolin, Carolina P. Acosta, Caroline M. Moriyama, Claudio M. Pannuti, Daniela P. Souza, Daniela P. Raggio, Danilo A. Duarte, Edgard Michel-Crosato, Eduardo K. Kohara, Fausto M. Mendes, Gislaine Aparecida A. Dias, Haline C. M. Maia, I M P. Uribe, Isabel Cristina O. Costa, Isabela F. Martins, José Carlos P. Imparato, Juan Sebastian Lara, Judith L. Perlmuter, Julia G. Freitas, Júlia Maria R. Fonseca, Laura Regina A. Pontes, Laysa Yoshioka, Leticia T. Hashizume, Ligia Akemi, Lucas B. Gazzinelli, Lucila B. Camargo, Marcelo Bonecker, Márcia R. S. Souza, M T. Wanderley, Maria Salete N. P. Corrêa, M M. Braga, Michele B. Diniz, Pamela R. L. Almeida, R M. Samuel, Renata S. Guedes, Sergio M. Covos, Simone Cesar, Tamara K. Tedesco, Tatiane F. Novaes, Thais Gimenez, Thiago M. Ardenghi
Adaptation of the 2015 American College of Rheumatology treatment guideline for rheumatoid arthritis for the Eastern Mediterranean Region: an exemplar of the GRADE Adolopment
Andrea Darzi, Manale Harfouche, Thurayya Arayssi, Samar Alemadi, Khalid A. Alnaqbi, Humeira Badsha, Farida Al Balushi, Bassel Elzorkany, Hussein Halabi, Mohammed Hamoudeh, Wissam Hazer, Basel Masri, Mohammed A. Omair, Imad Uthman, Nelly Ziade, Jasvinder A. Singh, Robin Christiansen, Peter Tugwell, Holger J. Schünemann, Elie A. Akl
Validation of the Vascular quality of life questionnaire – 6 for clinical use in patients with lower limb peripheral arterial disease
Anne Sofie F. Larsen, Anne Therese Reiersen, Morten B. Jacobsen, Nils-Einar Kløw, Joakim Nordanstig, Mark Morgan, Jarlis Wesche
Validation of the Spanish version of the Oxford knee score and assessment of its utility to characterize quality of life of patients suffering from knee osteoarthritis: a multicentric study
Jesús Martín-Fernández, Roberto García-Maroto, Fco Javier Sánchez-Jiménez, Alonso Bau-González, Homero Valencia-García, Blanca Gutiérrez-Teira, Juan Carlos Arenaza, Lidia García-Pérez, Renata Linertová, Amaia Bilbao
The effectiveness of integrated care interventions in improving patient quality of life (QoL) for patients with chronic conditions. An overview of the systematic review evidence
Sarah Flanagan, Sarah Damery, Gill Combes
Quality of life improvement after a three-year course of sublingual immunotherapy in patients with house dust mite and grass pollen induced allergic rhinitis: results from real-life
Silviya Mihaylova Novakova, Maria Toncheva Staevska, Plamena Ivanova Novakova, Manuela Dimitrova Yoncheva, Maria Stoykova Bratoycheva, Nina Mihaylova Musurlieva, Valeri Dimitrov Tzekov, Dimitar Georgiev Nicolov
Validity and test retest reliability of the vascular quality of life Questionnaire-6: a short form of a disease-specific health-related quality of life instrument for patients with peripheral arterial disease
Christine Kumlien, Joakim Nordanstig, Mats Lundström, Monica Pettersson
Subjective life expectancy is a risk factor for perceived health status and mortality
Jae-Hyun Kim, Jang-Mook Kim
What is the impact of underweight on self-reported health trajectories and mortality rates: a cohort study
Geir Fagerjord Lorem, Henrik Schirmer, Nina Emaus
Psychometric evaluation of the Oswestry Disability Index in patients with chronic low back pain: factor and Mokken analyses
Chin-Pang Lee, Tsai-Sheng Fu, Chia-Yih Liu, Ching-I Hung
Is the Hospital Anxiety and Depression Scale (HADS) a valid measure in a general population 65–80 years old? A psychometric evaluation study
Ingrid Djukanovic, Jörg Carlsson, Kristofer Årestedt
Health-related quality of life in children with congenital adrenal hyperplasia
Alyssa Halper, Mary C. Hooke, Maria Teresa Gonzalez-Bolanos, Nancy Vanderburg, Thang N. Tran, Jane Torkelson, Kyriakie Sarafoglou
Bayesian nonparametric estimation of EQ-5D utilities for United States using the existing United Kingdom data
Samer A. Kharroubi
Development of a short scale for assessing economic environmental aspects in patients with spinal diseases using Rasch analysis
Judith Gecht, Verena Mainz, Maren Boecker, Hans Clusmann, Matthias Florian Geiger, Markus Tingart, Valentin Quack, Siegfried Gauggel, Allen W. Heinemann, Christian-Andreas Müller
The impact of obesity on health-related quality of life in Spain
Rafael Busutil, Olga Espallardo, Antonio Torres, Lucía Martínez-Galdeano, Néboa Zozaya, Álvaro Hidalgo-Vega
Psychometric properties of the Children’s Response Styles Questionnaire in a Hong Kong Chinese community sample
Barbara Chuen Yee Lo, Yue Zhao, Yim Chi Ho, Terry Kit-fong Au
Quality of life profile of general Vietnamese population using EQ-5D-5L
Long Hoang Nguyen, Bach Xuan Tran, Quynh Ngoc Hoang Le, Tung Thanh Tran, Carl A. Latkin
Psychometric properties of the Diabetes Self-Management Questionnaire (DSMQ) in Urdu
Allah Bukhsh, Shaun Wen Huey Lee, Priyia Pusparajah, Andreas Schmitt, Tahir Mehmood Khan
Quantifying the importance of inhaler attributes corresponding to items in the patient satisfaction and preference questionnaire in patients using Combivent Respimat
Kimberly H. Davis, Jun Su, Juan Marcos González, Jeremiah J. Trudeau, Lauren M. Nelson, Brett Hauber, Kelly A. Hollis
Patient-reported health-related quality of life, work productivity, and activity impairment during treatment with ALO-02 (extended-release oxycodone and sequestered naltrexone) for moderate-to-severe chronic low back pain
Arnold J. Weil, Elizabeth T. Masters, Alexandra I. Barsdorf, Almasa Bass, Glenn Pixton, Jacquelyn G. Wilson, Gernot Wolfram
Cross-cultural validation of simplified Chinese version of spine functional index
Xiao-Yi Zhou, Xi-Ming Xu, Jian-Ping Fan, Fei Wang, Sui-Yi Wu, Zi-Cheng Zhang, Yi-Lin Yang, Ming Li, Xian-Zhao Wei
Physicians’ attitude towards selection of second line therapy with nilotinib and dasatinib in chronic myeloid leukemia patients
Massimo Breccia, Michele Baccarani, Gianantonio Rosti, Francesco Cottone, Laura Cannella, François Guilhot, Marco Vignetti, Fabio Efficace
Validity and reliability of a Nigerian-Yoruba version of the stroke-specific quality of life scale 2.0
Marufat Oluyemisi Odetunde, Aderonke Omobonike Akinpelu, Adesola Christiana Odole
Intensive follow-up for women with breast cancer: review of clinical, economic and patient’s preference domains through evidence to decision framework
Alessandra Lafranconi, Liisa Pylkkänen, Silvia Deandrea, Anke Bramesfeld, Donata Lerda, Luciana Neamțiu, Zuleika Saz-Parkinson, Margarita Posso, David Rigau, Ivan Sola, Pablo Alonso-Coello, Maria José Martinez-Zapata
Psychometric characteristics of the chronic Otitis media questionnaire 12 (COMQ – 12): stability of factor structure and replicability shown by the Serbian version
Bojana Bukurov, Nenad Arsovic, Sandra Sipetic Grujicic, Mark Haggard, Helen Spencer, Jelena Eric Marinkovic
Effects of home-based long-term care services on caregiver health according to age
Ming-Chun Chen, Chi-Wen Kao, Yu-Lung Chiu, Tzu-Ying Lin, Yu-Ting Tsai, Yi-Ting Zhang Jian, Ya-Mei Tzeng, Fu-Gong Lin, Shu-Ling Hwang, Shan-Ru Li, Senyeong Kao
Comparison of health-related quality of life among men with different co-existing severe mental disorders in treatment for substance use
Ana Adan, Julia E. Marquez-Arrico, Gail Gilchrist
Health-related quality of life in persons with West Nile virus infection: a longitudinal cohort study
Man Wah Yeung, George Tomlinson, Mark Loeb, Beate Sander
Impact of 6 months of treatment with intragastric balloon on body fat and quality of life in obese individuals with metabolic syndrome
Erika Paniago Guedes, Eduardo Madeira, Thiago Thomaz Mafort, Miguel Madeira, Rodrigo Oliveira Moreira, Laura Maria Carvalho de Mendonça, Amélio Fernando de Godoy-Matos, Agnaldo José Lopes, Maria Lucia Fleiuss Farias
Associations between community-based physiotherapy for musculoskeletal injury and health related quality of life (EQ-5D): a multi-centre retrospective analysis
Nick Caplan, H. Robson, A. Robson, G. Barry, G. Wilkes
On measuring and decomposing inequality of opportunity in access to health services among Tunisian children: a new approach for public policy
Anis Saidi, Mekki Hamdaoui
Correction to: Adaptation of the 2015 American College of Rheumatology treatment guideline for rheumatoid arthritis for the Eastern Mediterranean Region: an exemplar of the GRADE Adolopment
Andrea Darzi, Manale Harfouche, Thurayya Arayssi, Samar Alemadi, Khalid A. Alnaqbi, Humeira Badsha, Farida Al Balushi, Bassel Elzorkany, Hussein Halabi, Mohammed Hamoudeh, Wissam Hazer, Basel Masri, Mohammed A. Omair, Imad Uthman, Nelly Ziade, Jasvinder A. Singh, Robin Christiansen, Peter Tugwell, Holger J. Schünemann, Elie A. Akl
The Kessler psychological distress scale: translation and validation of an Arabic version
Scott D. Easton, Najwa S. Safadi, Yihan Wang, Robert G. Hasson III
Development of a Microsoft Excel tool for applying a factor retention criterion of a dimension coefficient to a survey on patient safety culture
Tsair-Wei Chien, Yang Shao, Dong-Hui Jen
The Onset of ADL Difficulties and Changes in Health-Related Quality of Life
Wei Lyu, Fredric D. Wolinsky
The development and psychometric properties of the Arabic version of the child oral health impact profile-short form (COHIP- SF 19)
A. A. Arheiam, S. R. Baker, L. Ballo, I. Elareibi, S. Fakron, R. V. Harris
Protocol for the study of self-perceived psychological and emotional well-being of young Paralympic athletes
Luca Puce, Lucio Marinelli, Laura Mori, Ilaria Pallecchi, Carlo Trompetto
Measuring quality of life among people living with HIV: a systematic review of reviews
Vanessa Cooper, Jane Clatworthy, Richard Harding, Jennifer Whetham, Adrian Brown, Agathe Leon, Eva Gonzalez, David Garcia, Daniel Lockhart, Ben Marent, Brian West, Cesar Caceres, Duncan Fatz, Ed Wallitt, Eduard Beck, Enrique Gomez, Eugenio Teofilo, Felipe Garcia, Flis Henwood, Goncalo Rodrigues, Jennifer Whetham, Josip Begovac, Koen Block, Ludwig Apers, Letitia Pereira, Margarida Borges, Mary Darking, Paloma Chausa, Sime Zekan, Steven Bremner, Steven Hoornaert, Sundhiya Mandalia
Quality of life in children with infantile hemangioma: a case control study
Chuan Wang, Yanan Li, Bo Xiang, Fei Xiong, Kai Li, Kaiying Yang, Siyuan Chen, Yi Ji
A mixed methods analysis of quality of life among late-life patients diagnosed with chronic illnesses
Monica S. Frazer, Patrick Mobley
Association between severity of illicit drug dependence and quality of life in a psychosocial care center in BRAZIL: cross-sectional study
Selva Rios Campêlo, Maria Alves Barbosa, Danilo Rocha Dias, Camila Cardoso Caixeta, Cláudio Rodrigues Leles, Celmo Celeno Porto
Development and exploration of the content validity of a patient-reported outcome measure to evaluate the impact of migraine- the migraine physical function impact diary (MPFID)
Asha Hareendran, Sally Mannix, Anne Skalicky, Martha Bayliss, Andrew Blumenfeld, Dawn C. Buse, Pooja R. Desai, Brian G. Ortmeier, Sandhya Sapra
Impact of non-surgical periodontal therapy on OHRQoL in an obese population, a randomised control trial
Samara S. Basher, R. Saub, R. D. Vaithilingam, S. H. Safii, Aqil M. Daher, F. H. Al-Bayaty, N. A. Baharuddin
Health-related quality of life, handgrip strength and falls during detraining in elderly habitual exercisers
Izaro Esain, Ana Rodriguez-Larrad, Iraia Bidaurrazaga-Letona, Susana María Gil
Further psychometric validation of the BODY-Q: ability to detect change following bariatric surgery weight gain and loss
Anne F. Klassen, Stefan J. Cano, Manraj Kaur, Trisia Breitkopf, Andrea L. Pusic
Translation and cultural adaptation of the CLEFT-Q for use in Colombia, Chile, and Spain
Elena Tsangaris, Karen W. Y. Wong Riff, Federico Vargas, Mirta Palomares Aguilera, Macarena Miranda Alarcón, Asteria Albert Cazalla, Lehana Thabane, Achilleas Thoma, Anne F. Klassen
Initial psychometric validation of the questionnaire on pain caused by spasticity (QPS)
Thorin L. Geister, Donald M. Bushnell, Jie Yang, Yuqiong Zhang, Mona L. Martin, Alev Heilbronn, Zhenhuan Liu
Depressive symptoms following natural disaster in Korea: psychometric properties of the Center for Epidemiologic Studies Depression Scale
Sungkun Cho, Yongrae Cho
Emotional distress and dysfunctional illness perception are associated with low mental and physical quality of life in Chinese breast cancer patients
Lili Tang, Kurt Fritzsche, Rainer Leonhart, Ying Pang, Jinjiang Li, Lili Song, Irmela Fischer, Maike Koch, Alexander Wuensch, Ricarda Mewes, Rainer Schaefert
Construct validation and correlates of preoperative expectations of postsurgical recovery in persons undergoing knee replacement: baseline findings from a randomized clinical trial
Daniel L. Riddle, James Slover, Dennis Ang, Robert A. Perera, Levent Dumenci
Joint awareness in posttraumatic osteoarthritis of the knee: validation of the forgotten joint score in long term condition after tibial plateau fracture
Florian Baumann, Johannes Weber, Daniel Mahr, Martin Bäumlein, Maximilian Kerschbaum, Karolina Müller, Paavo Rillmann, Michael Nerlich, Markus Loibl
Translation and psychometric testing of the Farsi version of the Seattle angina questionnaire
Zahra Taheri-Kharameh, Majideh Heravi-Karimooi, Nahid Rejeh, Ebrahim Hajizadeh, Mojtaba Vaismoradi, Sherrill Snelgrove, Ali Montazeri
Health related quality of life among myocardial infarction survivors in the United States: a propensity score matched analysis
Lea Mollon, Sandipan Bhattacharjee
Translation, cross-cultural adaptation and psychometric properties of the Nepali versions of numerical pain rating scale and global rating of change
Saurab Sharma, Joshna Palanchoke, Darren Reed, J. Haxby Abbott
Psychometric properties of the single-item measure, severity of worst tiredness, in patients with moderately to severely active rheumatoid arthritis
Elizabeth D. Bacci, Amy M. DeLozier, Chen-Yen Lin, Carol L. Gaich, Xiang Zhang, Terence Rooney, Stephanie de Bono, Richard Hoffman, Kathleen W. Wyrwich
Comparing the Chinese versions of two knee-specific questionnaires (IKDC and KOOS): reliability, validity, and responsiveness
Chien-Chih Huang, Wen-Shiang Chen, Mei-Wun Tsai, Wendy Tzyy-Jiuan Wang
Psychometric properties of morning joint stiffness duration and severity measures in patients with moderately to severely active rheumatoid arthritis
Elizabeth D. Bacci, Amy M. DeLozier, Chen-Yen Lin, Carol L. Gaich, Terence Rooney, Richard Hoffman, Kathleen W. Wyrwich
Effect of multimorbidity on quality of life in adult with cardiovascular disease: a cross-sectional study
Bijan Shad, Asieh Ashouri, Tolou Hasandokht, Fatemeh Rajati, Arsalan Salari, Moona Naghshbandi, Fardin Mirbolouk
A systematic review of the application of Wilson and Cleary health-related quality of life model in chronic diseases
Adedokun Oluwafemi Ojelabi, Yitka Graham, Catherine Haighton, Jonathan Ling
Validity and reliability of the Mexican resilience measurement scale in families of children with chronic conditions
Filiberto Toledano-Toledano, José Moral de la Rubia, Laurie D. McCubbin, Linda Liebenberg, Jesús Alejandro Vera Jiménez, Leonor Rivera-Rivera, Angie Hart, Leticia Andrea Barajas Nava, Marcela Salazar García, Silvia Martínez Valverde, Sofía Rivera Aragón, Concepción Sánchez Gómez, Laura Villavicencio Guzmán, Victor Granados García, Juan Garduño Espinosa
Factors associated with health-related quality of life in Koreans aged over 50 Years: the fourth and fifth Korea National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey
Kyoung Min Kwon, Jung Soo Lee, Na Eun Jeon, Yeo Hyung Kim
Individual diseases or clustering of health conditions? Association between multiple chronic diseases and health-related quality of life in adults
David Alejandro González-Chica, Catherine L. Hill, Tiffany K. Gill, Phillipa Hay, Dandara Haag, Nigel Stocks
A Mokken analysis of the literacy in musculoskeletal problems questionnaire
Brett Vaughan, Jane Mulcahy, Amy Coffey, Laura Addinsall, Stephanie Ryan, Kylie Fitzgerald
Discriminative ability of quality of life measures in multiple sclerosis
Kirsten M. Fiest, Jamie Greenfield, Luanne M. Metz, Scott B. Patten, Nathalie Jetté, Ruth Ann Marrie
Psychometric properties of the FACT-M questionnaire in patients with Merkel cell carcinoma
Murtuza Bharmal, Fatoumata Fofana, Carla Dias Barbosa, Paul Williams, Lisa Mahnke, Alexia Marrel, Michael Schlichting
Patient-related outcome of unstable pelvic ring fractures stabilized with a minimal invasive screw-rod system
Maximilian Kerschbaum, Nadine Hausmann, Michael Worlicek, Christian Pfeifer, Michael Nerlich, Paul Schmitz
Development and validation of a patient-reported questionnaire assessing systemic therapy induced diarrhea in oncology patients
Michelle Lui, Daniela Gallo-Hershberg, Carlo DeAngelis
Psychometric validation of a multi-dimensional capability instrument for outcome measurement in mental health research (OxCAP-MH)
Francis Vergunst, Crispin Jenkinson, Tom Burns, Paul Anand, Alastair Gray, Jorun Rugkåsa, Judit Simon
Resilient coping in the general population: standardization of the brief resilient coping scale (BRCS)
Rüya-Daniela Kocalevent, Markus Zenger, Andreas Hinz, Burghard Klapp, Elmar Brähler
Self-efficacy moderates the relationship between health comparisons and social exclusion: results of the German ageing survey
André Hajek, Hans-Helmut König